Governing Body

The leadership of the Working Dog Foundation is made up of volunteers from the community and is determined by its annual election in May.

Board of Directors

Executive Director
Patti Ferland
Executive Director
Phone: 603.234.1162
mcbakerland@cs.com

Chairman
Mark Ericson
Dover, NH
Mark.ericson@citcomm.com

Treasurer
Howard Siegel
Portsmouth, NH
hds3@juno.com

General Legal Counsel
Capt. Corey MacDonald, Esq.
Portsmouth, NH
cmacdonald@pd.cityofportsmouth.com
www.attorneymacdonald.com

Jason Berounsky
Portsmouth, NH
K91551@gmail.com

Lt. Aaron Goodwin
Portsmouth, NH Police Department
Agoodwin@pd.cityofportsmouth.com

Darlene Pearl
Newfields, NH
dpearl@merrimackmortgage.com

Lt. Darrin Sargent
Portsmouth, NH Police Department
Dsargent@pd.cityofportsmouth.com

Jason Page
Seabrook, NH
jcpage@cityofportsmouth.com

Jim Ratta
Union, NH
Ratta@roadrunner.com

Head Trainer
Officer John Usher
NH Police K-9 Academy/WDF
Kittery Police Department
Kittery, ME
NHK9blue@yahoo.com

Vice Chairman
Sgt. Mike Sullivan - NH ANG
Pease ANGB
michael.sullivan@nhpeas.ang.af.mil

Secretary
Rachel Anderson
Nottingham, NH
gsdk9rat@ttlc.net

Lt. George Joy
Barrington Police Department
Barrington, NH
offgeorgej@yahoo.com

Officer Jay Durgin
Kittery Police Department
Kittery, ME
jdurgs@myfairpoint.net

Peter Goodman (Alky)
Greenland, NH
alky@axl-inc.com

Andrea Rogers
Durham, NH
wildwill123@msn.com

Jan Stanley (JT)
Kittery, ME
wildweg@comcast.net

Honorary Board Members

Chief David ‘Lou’ Ferland
Portsmouth Police Dept.
Portsmouth, NH
DavidFerlandK9@gmail.com

Buzzy Hanscom
Madbury, NH
buzzy@hanscoms.com

Rebecca Mansfield-Hester
Portsmouth Police Department
Portsmouth, NH
rhester@pd.cityofportsmouth.com

Howard Siegel
Portsmouth, NH
hds3@juno.com

Committees

Grant Committee
George Joy, John Usher

K-9 Academy
Head Trainer and K-9 Issues including demo requests.
John Usher

Handlers Dinner Committee
Howie Siegel, Mike Sullivan, Darrin Sargent and Darlene Pearl

Vest-for-K9 Program Committee
Lou Ferland, Alky Goodman, Buzzy Hanscom, Jan Stanley, Howie Siegel, Rachel Anderson

Merchandise Committee
Andrea Rogers, Darlene Pearl, Buzzy Hanscom

Golf Committee
Aaron Goodwin, Darrin Sargent, Buzzy Hanscom, Jason Berounsky, Alky Goodman

K-9 CPR/First-Aid
Andrea Rogers, Jan Stanley, Dr. Robin Zuckermann

Car Show/Open House Committee
Jay Durgin, Jan Stanley, Andrea Rogers, Jason Berounsky, Rachel Anderson, Alky Goodman

Iron Dog Committee
John Usher, George Joy, Jan Stanley, Andrea Rogers